We had a wonderful Thanksgiving but would have been extra special to have my entire family around the table. How grateful I am for my blessings. Sure hope your day was as wonderful as mine. Of course eating too much seems to be a tradition for most people.

This week's digi is three singing penguins. We're still warm here in Eastern Tennessee. It won't be too much longer and it will feel cold enough for these penguins.

Have fun with this digi. It's FREE all day Sunday. Grab it before midnight or it will be gone. You can find the FREEBIE digital image under the FREEBIES tab.

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gail

Last year I posted this cottage and it was quite popular. I thought this year I would add a few trees and some snow and post it again as a FREEBIE for 2014 winter season. Hope you all enjoy. I'm sure you'll find a good use for this digital image.

You can download this image for FREE by going to the FREEBIES section to the left and clicking on SUNDAY DIGI. It's available all day Sunday until midnight.Counting down.....only 12 more days until Christmas.

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gail

The holiday season is not the same without SNOW! Now that I'm aging, seeing snow fall from the sky is not an exciting event. By nature I'm a "beach" gal and not the ski slope type. But, snowmen, I LOVE them.

This week's digit is a snowman head. He would look so cute with his hat & nose glittered, and his scarf glazed with Glossy Accents. When cutting him out, the fringe on his scarf is hard to navigate. Remove the fringe cutting on an angle or wavy slope and he looks great. Enlarge him and turn him into a gift tag.

He's available to download for FREE all day today until midnight. You can find the download in the FREEBIES section under SUNDAY digi.

Enjoy! And, Y'all come back now!

gail

When I think of Alaska, "Moose" comes to mind. Several years back we had a wonderful visit to Alaska. We toured the state by bus, boat and train. It was one of the best experiences I've ever had. One of my memorable times was when a group of moose entered the town. They were big and far from harmless. Although they are short on "smarts" there is something cute about them. My camera clicked and clicked!

This week's FREE Digi is a Christmas Moose with a wreath around it's neck. He can be used in various ways other than a Christmas Card or Scrapbook stamp. What about on a place card at the table or a gift tag. When I attend a covered dish event I always like to bring a small sign with the name of my dish. Mr. Moose will make a cute stamp on the corner of the place card for the Club Christmas Party dish I'll be taking next week.

Enjoy this week's FREEBIE. It's free all day Sunday until midnight. Find my digital stamp under the FREEBIES Tab.

Only26 more days until Christmas and 17 days until Chanukkah. Happy Holidays.

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gail

Glad to be back on the drawing board! The last couple of weeks I took a break from my favorite things to do and kicked up my heels with some old friends in Nashville . Halloween night was colder than I remember in years. Our beautiful fall weather turned to a windy, chilly freeze. Us girls celebrated a Nashville Halloween by taking a late night ghost tour in a hearse. What we didn't know was the hearse was a convertible. October 31st in Nashville was frigid cold with hefty winds blowing. Even covered with blankets we were shivering....and doing a lot of laughing. The tour guide was speaking into his microphone while sitting in a heated cab. The speakers which blasted stories of ghosts were located near my feet. The sounds were muffled as we tried to listen to the story. It was actually so unpleasant there was nothing to do except laugh at the situation. We really had a fabulous time. And of course having great friends always makes for a good time.

Now that I'm back home again, we're only weeks away from Thanksgiving. Before we can blink, we will be preparing for the Christmas holiday. Today's digi is the first of many FREEBIE holiday images to come as we prepare in celebration of the holiday season.

This weeks FREE Digital image is a Santa Babble. Grab him while you can. He'll be available to download all day Sunday until midnight. You can find the download under the FREEBIES Tab to the left.

Good to be back in the saddle. Y'all come back now!

gail

My husband and I spent the week in the Smokey Mountains with friends. What a great week. The weather was far from snowy! Yesterday afternoon the temperature reached a spring-like 76 degrees. Can you believe it! I'm not complaining....I love snowmen but I dislike that white stuff that has to be shoveled.

But, soon it will be Christmas and it should be snowing. What's more appropriate than Mr. Snowman. This weeks's FREE digi is just that. Grab it by midnight Sunday. Hope you enjoy him.

Wishing everyone a very wonderful holiday!

Merry Christmas and Y'all come back now!

gail

Preparing for gift giving always includes gift tags to keep all my presents labeled correctly, especially with gift giving to such a large family as I have.

This weeks FREE digi is a Christmas stocking that can be used in several ways; as a gift tag, an embellishment for the top of a gift, or an ornament for your tree. It's especially a fun craft project for kids.

I used red paper for the boot and silver glitter paper for the cuff, toe and heel. After cutting and attaching these parts, I ran the stocking through an embossing machine such as a CuttleBug or Big Shot. I cut a second cuff to place on the back side of the tag and sandwiched the ribbon loop between the two cuffs using double sided tape. Using two sizes of oval punches (1-3/4" and 1-3/8") I created a name tag in red and white so I had a spot to hand print the gift recipient's name. A hole punch was used to place an opening in the top of the oval tag. Then I threaded the hole with a piece of ribbon tied into a simple knot and attached with a large glue dot. I then added the holly leaves with glue dots and the berries with craft glue. Another idea is to add some stitching lines around the bottom of the cuff, the toe and the heel edge with a black marker or pen. I added my stitching after I took the photo so it's not shown in the picture above.

Simple and fun. Hope you enjoy.

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gail

This was such a fun card to make! And, you can find the SnowGlobe Digi FREE this Sunday. So Hurry and grab it before Midnight.

I folded down the corner of the card base and used a brad. Then I used coordinating red, black and grey/white plaid to go with my red back-ground. You'll find the plaid paper under the Shop Digital Paper Tab. It's hard to see but the background has embossed stripes which gives the card texture. After I colored the snowman globe I added "Let It Snow", used a word label punch and added it to the base of the globe. To make it look like it's snowing in the globe, I used a clear glue pen and covered the globe with glue. Then I sprinkled Glow Glitter over the print. I layered the digital print on a 3" scalloped circle.

I like finishing the inside of my cards to coordinate with my card design. You can see I used the plaid and red paper to match the outside of my card.

Have fun with this weeks free digi. Y'all come back now!

gail

Stacking a digital image creates a new stamp using the same image repeatedly. I created this image of the stacked gift box by layering them together in Apple's Pages software. I inserted the single gift box and copied the image so that I had three gift boxes on my page. Then I arranged each box on top of the another and rotated the top two boxes. The boxes can be layered by bringing the boxes forward or backward. Microsoft's Word and Photoshop software will also give you the ability to stack multiple images simply by using copy, paste and arranging the layers in front and behind one another.

Download the Single Present Digital image on FREEBIE Sunday. Click on the FREEBIES TAB.

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gail

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